Coastal Arts Market

The Shedshop Studio ~ Tad & Julie Burch  Tad Burch, an avid outdoorsman, has made the jump from plumbing to jewelry. Once his kids grew up, he decided to explore new passions and turned the Shed Shop Studio into a reality. Starting in his cellar, he explored making deer antlers, aka “sheds”, found while walking through the woods or fields, into rings. Now in his newly built shop, he has expanded his materials to include wood and resin. He crafts each ring into a beautiful piece of artwork that he and his wife, Julie, take pride in wearing. They hope to craft a unique experience for everyone who wears their rings.

 Weekend Woodshop ~Hans Boecher Duty called and I served 24 years in the military. After retiring in 1992, I had an interest in woodwork so I started experimenting — furniture, painted wood, lighthouses, windmills, etc. I was reading a magazine about wood one day and ran across an article about intarsia. Intarsia is a thirteenth-century Italian art form consisting of mosaic pictures in wood. I decided to try my hand at this art form and before long I was hooked. In the beginning, it was more of a hobby. I made various pieces of intarsia and gave them away to family and friends. After a while, I began receiving phone calls from people who had seen my work and the idea began to form that I could sell my product. In 1998, I embarked on the art and craft show market and the rest is history! I use hard and soft wood (i.e. walnut, mahogany, cherry, pine, beech, holly, ash – to name a few) and exotic wood from Africa and South America. Some pictures have over 300 pieces. Each piece is car...